Details
Creator Rease, W. H. lithographer.
Title Henry Simons. Wagon & U.S. national coach works. Philadelphia [graphic] / W.H. Rease N.E. cor 4th. & Chestnut Sts.,i
Publisher [Philadelphia: s.n.]
Date [ca. 1865]
Extent 1 print: lithograph, tinted; 69 x 90 cm. (27 x 35.25 in.)
Description Advertisement with ornate border containing a series of vignettes displaying several types of wagons, coaches, and carts produced by the manufactory. Vignettes are captioned with details of the products uses and surround a central view of the exterior of the busy "Simons, Coleman & Co. National Wagon Works" factory and office at No. 1109 North Front Street. Vignettes depict: African American plantation workers transporting sugar cane to a barge by a "cane cart"; laborers and settlers hauling materials out West by "road wagon" and "catamaran"; an ambush of U.S. Army soldiers, baggage wagon, and ambulance by Native Americans; and a busy Philadelphia port scene with a disinterested constable overseeing the wharf congested with carts and wagons as docked Henry Simons's factory ships ready for departure. Also contains an allegorical scene with a Northern factory worker and his Southern patron extending each other their hands before the shadowy figure of a factory agent; a large American eagle clutching the American flag; promotional text; and a listing of the factory's several business locations and names of agents. The city's high quality blacksmithship and large local lumber supply made Philadelphia the primary national and international manufacturer of wagons immediately following the Civil War.
Notes Date of publication supplied by Wainwright.
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Lower left corner missing.
Genre Advertisements 1860-1870.
Lithographs 1860-1870.
Subject Henry Simons U.S. National Wagonworks (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Carriage and wagon making--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia.
Factories--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia.
Carts & wagons--United States.
African American agricultural laborers--United States.
Frontier and pioneer life.
Indians of North America-Wars.
Harbors--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia.
Is part of Wainwright Philadelphia Lithographs
Is referenced by Wainwright 174.
Has format TMP.objres.4436.jpg
Related resource http://www.lcpgraphics.org/wainwright/W174.htm